Grasslands Nursery Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Considering 161 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently mention that the plants arrive in fantastic condition, looking healthy and vigorous, and are exceptionally well packaged to prevent any damage. People also deeply appreciate the extremely helpful staff who provide great advice, alongside a remarkably fast and reliable delivery service. However, some customers also noted that certain plants arrived damaged or in poor condition due to rough handling during transit. A few people mentioned receiving misleading product photographs online or experiencing frustrating delays with their overall orders. Others felt that bulky items were inconveniently left at curbside without proper assistance for moving them inside.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The lavenders are beautiful and so healthy so I am very pleased. I have taken one star off as parcel force had not kept two boxes upright so three plants were out of their pots and sitting on top of t... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good quality plants. Only niggle they tried delivering them to wrong address even though I rung to change to right address the day before. Good job they had a good tracking system I was able to get to... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is written in the name Anna Joyce. I ordered 5 Portuguese laurels, as a returning customer. The provision of updates, and the prompt customer service when I had a query, were really excellent and... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My Magnolia Genie arrived packaged amazingly well! It was healthy, in flower and just better than my expectations. Will definitely choose Grasslands Nursery again to buy my plants, I'm already trying... See more


Company details

  1. Plant Nursery
  2. Garden Center
  3. Wholesale Plant Nursery

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Grasslands Nursery has been growing plants on our 30-acre site in Over Peover, near Knutsford, since 1984. A family business founded by Steve and Jane Watmore, we specialise in hedging — from cherry laurel and beech to instant mature hedging — along with pleached trees, Japanese maples, topiary and specimen shrubs and trees. Everything is UK-grown and hand-picked. Order online at grasslands.co.uk with nationwide delivery (free over £400), use click & collect, or visit the nursery in person — we're open seven days a week including Bank Holidays, and the Snowdrop Café serves breakfast and lunch on site. Expert planting advice is always free: call 01565 722766.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding plants!!

The plants I ordered are excellent. Honestly the best plants I have had delivered from any company, and I have ordered from most of the main players. I ordered a number of ferns that are so healthy looking and well packaged - basically in perfect condition! I was emailed and refunded prior to their arrival for one plant, which they didn’t have enough stock to fulfill my multiples. The order was a little slow and one day late according to the shop pay tracking, but given how nice the plants are would 100% use Grasslands again. All round very pleased with their excellent service.

24 July 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

absolutely shocking customer service

i ordered 5 pinus nigra pine trees - they came looking good but were labelled nana ie the dwarf variety. i was told that was a labelling mistake and i trusted that, but they've been in my garden now for a year and they look to me to be dwarfs as they are wider but not taller. i was advised i could return them (if i dig them out of the ground, repot them with good compost and then they'd pick up) - obviously that was not an option as the plants' roots have spread and they are very bulky and wide plants and very heavy. I was alternatively offered a 50% reduction on a set of trees that were part of a brand new garden scheme which aren't what i ordered and won't grow as they were planned to. So that is spoilt and i'm sad that all the mistake they made has been forced on me the customer paying in good faith.

1 June 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I asked for my money back but they refused

I bought 3 different types of bare root beech hedging I was aware there was a chance some might not take but as an experienced gardener who followed the instructions to the letter I expected success However not one of the 12 I ordered has taken as of today They blamed the variable weather this year! Really
This is very disappointing as this is obviously a dodgy product but even more disappointing is the derisory recompense of 20% off a new order This means a second order for them at a slghtly decreased margin
I asked for my money back but they refused

17 July 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Worth waiting for!

Just purchased about a dozen lavender plants and a couple of jasmines. All arrived in perfect, very healthy condition They were very well packed and clearly had been well cared for, and thoroughly watered prior to dispatch.
I'm knocking a star off, as I waited almost 2 weeks for the order, and there were no email ETAs given, so felt a bit in the dark, wondering if they'd come at all, having had poor experiences elsewhere.
To be fair, the site does state that delivery can take longer than a week, but I feel it would be good for business if the odd update was provided.
Overall very impressed with this company, and also the very competitive pricing. I think I'll be back!

13 July 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Picea conifer

First time I have ordered anything from grasslands. Plants came very well packaged. Very pleased with the size of the plants. Will definitely be ordering from them again.

15 July 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good quality plants & trees and helpful…

Good quality plants & trees and helpful knowledgeable staff - one negative is it's a bit pricey & its disappointing when you spend £3600 in 2 months but don't get the higher discount % because it was from 4 visits rather than all at once.

22 April 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Forgot to load 2 massive trees!

I ordered 3 x 3m large pleached trees (the order came to over £800). Communication was good and I agreed a date with the customer service team - I needed the trees for a specific date as I had arranged for help for them to be planted before an event I was hosting. When it came to delivery, they overlooked putting 2 of these massive trees on the delivery truck which is frankly unbelievable! I raised a complaint - despite causing me huge inconvenience and me being out of pocket as a result of their error, the manager felt an empty apology was enough and offered zero gesture of goodwill. This shows a lack of accountability and care for their customer base and they seem satisfied in messing customers around.

20 June 2025
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Reply from Grasslands Nursery

Hi Adam,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback — we’re genuinely sorry for the frustration and inconvenience caused by this mistake.

You are quite right: your order included a clearance batch listing of 3 pleached Elaeagnus trees, and unfortunately our picking team overlooked that this was a 1 x 3 offer, resulting in only one tree being loaded for delivery. This was a clear oversight on our part and we completely accept responsibility for it.

While we did arrange immediate delivery for the remaining trees on the next available date (Friday), we fully understand that this did not undo the inconvenience, extra costs, and disruption to your plans — particularly when you had organised help to plant them in time for your event.

We apologise sincerely that, on this occasion we fell short of what was expected. Your feedback has been shared with our team to ensure lessons are learned and that similar clearance or batch listings are handled with greater care in future.

We appreciate your honest feedback and regret that we let you down on this occasion.

Kind regards,
Paul

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent condition, delivered promptly

Item larger than expected, in excellent condition, delivered promptly via pallax.
Only criticism is there's no link or updates for delivery day & time on Grasslands' website, you have to search for the courier website & manually enter details to get up to the date info.

27 June 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered some pittosporum and laurel…

Ordered some pittosporum and laurel hedging which arrived in excellent condition, large plants for their pot size and great value for money. I was able to delay the delivery to a date that suited us, so overall very pleased!

27 June 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely poor service received a…

Extremely poor service received a rather overpriced Wisteria plant which after four weeks did not grow and died paid a premium price contacted customer service and were told but there are no guarantees and that it was my fault that the plant didn’t grow extremely poor service. Please beware if you are buying any plants from these people they charge a premium price for a very poor Product did advise them that distant selling would mean that they should have a guarantee in place for plants that do not survive a short amount of time. I will now only buy from a garden centre that I can visit and see the actual plant and I suggest that everyone reading this does the same these people are just interested in taking your money and not supporting their customers in any shape or form.

24 June 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great plants, delivered by their own driver

Purchased a large number of tall privet trees to replace a hedge. Great price and delivered to my door by their own driver (with timeslot and tracking). Plants were in great condition and even taller than expected! Thank you. Definitely recomended.

4 June 2025
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